"No, I don't want that."
-James
James has decided that talking is a fun thing to do, and has started to use larger and larger sentences. Now he’s up to five word sentences, the first of which was the one referenced in the quote above. But as smart as he is trying to be, the simple process of eating guacamole is not something easily mastered. Or maybe he just doesn’t want to master it.
Now that we have found ourselves needing an extra bedroom, the office is being cleaned out in preparation for it’s conversion. We bought a desk over the holidays to put in a room downstairs, and I’m happy to report that James was constantly hovering around to help. His primary contribution was to take important pieces and misplace them, but he’s trying to help. Ashlyn contributed by turning the packing materials into “snow” and showing James how to throw it all over the room. Thankfully, we have a good vacuum.
Our annual holiday party with the college crowd was this weekend, so I lugged the kids up to McKinney for some post-holiday festivies. It’s funny to see how all grown up we’ve become, instead of whiskey and wine, it was dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and scotch. Oh how far we’ve come. The kids did well, Ashlyn even got out of her shyness and played with the other girls there. James met a new friend, Sophia, who’s father has already given his blessing on their future wedding. Congrats James.
And because these are the moments that define why we love being parents, here is Ashlyn and James being brother and sister. Whether it’s in the ball pit (thanks Santa!) or a box, they always find ways to turn things into a game that both have fun playing. I can’t get enough of this.
